---
title: 'Observe'
description: 'Configuring the Observe backend (Managed)'
sidebarTitle: 'Observe'
icon: 'signal-stream'
---

### Getting Started

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    **Creating Account**<br />
    Go to the **[🔗 website](https://odigos.io) > Account** and click **Sign Up**

    **Obtaining Access Token**<br />
    Go to **⚙️ > Access Tokens** and click **Create New**

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### Configuring Destination Fields

<Accordion title="Supported Signals:">
  ✅ Traces
  ✅ Metrics
  ✅ Logs
</Accordion>

- **OBSERVE_CUSTOMER_ID** `string` : Customer ID. The Customer ID is the first part of your Observe URL. For example, if your Observe URL is `https://<customer_id>.observe.com`, then the Customer ID is `<customer_id>`.
  - This field is required
- **OBSERVE_TOKEN** `string` : Token. You can create a token in your Observe dashboard, under "Datastreams".
  - This field is required

<Check>
  We handle the endpoint internally, so you don't need to provide it.
  - The endpoint is `https://${OBSERVE_CUSTOMER_ID}.collect.observeinc.com/v2/otel`
</Check>

### Adding Destination to Odigos

There are two primary methods for configuring destinations in Odigos:

##### **Using the UI**

<Steps>
  <Step>
    Use the [Odigos CLI](https://docs.odigos.io/cli/odigos_ui) to access the UI
    ```bash
    odigos ui
    ```
  </Step>
  <Step>
    Click on `Add Destination`, select `Observe` and follow the on-screen instructions
  </Step>
</Steps>

##### **Using Kubernetes manifests**

<Steps>
  <Step>
    Save the YAML below to a file (e.g. `observe.yaml`)
    ```yaml
    apiVersion: odigos.io/v1alpha1
    kind: Destination
    metadata:
      name: observe-example
      namespace: odigos-system
    spec:
      data:
        OBSERVE_CUSTOMER_ID: <Customer ID>
      destinationName: observe
      secretRef:
        name: observe-secret
      signals:
      - TRACES
      - METRICS
      - LOGS
      type: observe

    ---

    apiVersion: v1
    data:
      OBSERVE_TOKEN: <Base64 Token>
    kind: Secret
    metadata:
      name: observe-secret
      namespace: odigos-system
    type: Opaque
    ```
  </Step>
  <Step>
    Apply the YAML using `kubectl`
    ```bash
    kubectl apply -f observe.yaml
    ```
  </Step>
</Steps>